The gunman in a Toronto-area condo shooting rampage was a “controlling and abusive husband and father” who was estranged from his children, his three daughters say in a statement.
Francesco Villi killed five people—three condo board members and their partners—in a shooting at his Vaughan, Ont., highrise Sunday night, police say.
Three daughters of the 73-year-old gunman said they were “deeply heartbroken” for the victim’s families.
“We offer our heartfelt condolences. We are in absolute shock and utter devastation,” said the daughters in a statement shared Wednesday by the Special Investigations Unit, Ontario’s police watchdog.
Villi had an aggressive, “Jekyll and Hyde”-type personality, the daughters said, and a history of domestic abuse against both mothers of his children and his daughters. They said his children had been estranged from him for over five years….